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Must have apps?

This is my first android, and was wondering what apps are a must like memory cleaners and task killers to just great apps
Thanks!
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Hi this is my first android as well (got mine yesterday)
I must admit i havn't really installed that many apps yet.. but i can recommend the "google goggles" and "asphalt 5"
-TB-

I would also like to know.
Performance increasing apps?
Useful (swiss army knife) apps?
Amazing recreational must haves?
Thanks.

AutoKiller - memory managment
Barcode Sanner - for getting links to apps from the internet
If using mytracks:
Linda file manager - to import tracks
My track editor
A nice widget is smooth calendar if you have a lot of appointments.
Greetings from Austria
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Shazam is awsome
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I love the SMS popup program

Australian phone - Found some of the best ones were ES Task Manager, Handcent for SMS/MMS and the ability to change tones via, Camera 360 for an app which enhances everything you can do with the camera, SMS backup to backup to Gmail account and Wheres my Droid which allows you to send a message to the phone when it is on silent which takes the silencer off and triggers the ringtone, enabling you to find it if you have misplaced it. Also another handy one is 3G watchdog which keeps an eye on your data usage.

I like:
AutoKiller (needs root)
Launcherpro
Homeswitcher
Appremover
Appsinstaller
MyBackup Pro
Fancywidget
Extended Controls
LeshaK's update.zip found here

I'm going to have to second launcherpro, really great app.
I can't find fancywidget in the market, is it under a new name maybe?
Also, while shazam is really nice and very accurate for commercial radio, is there another app that's aimed at more obscure/australian music music (I listen to Triple J if that helps)?
Finally can someone recommend a good news widget for australia.
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I have also noticed this, although some songs arent registered in the shazam database

ZaneZane said:
I'm going to have to second launcherpro, really great app.
I can't find fancywidget in the market, is it under a new name maybe?
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HTC complaned and it got pulled off the market i think. You will have to find an alternate source.
Since its installed on my phone can i extract the apk? I would be happy to upload somewhere.
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"Got To Do" is my must have app. Was the reason to go for Android instead of the iPhone. "Note Everything Pro" is also great.

AppBrain!
See what I would recommend here:
http://www.appbrain.com/user/britmic/apps-on-the-gt-i9000

miker71 said:
AppBrain!
See what I would recommend here:
http://www.appbrain.com/user/britmic/apps-on-the-gt-i9000
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I will second that and add tasker as well, beats locale hands down!!

dakine said:
HTC complaned and it got pulled off the market i think. You will have to find an alternate source. [for fancy widget]
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It's weird, I checked everywhere for the APK file, and couldn't find it. I managed to get a QR code from their site, and that led me to the android market place, where i could download the file

this other topic has it linked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7221914&posted=1#post7221914

Does anyone know of a image/picture/photo viewer that displays jpg, gif, png, and bmp? I found a couple, but they are garbage.

Dimmer is useful if you like to keep display brightness down (more than you can adjust in system settings) and save battery.

fua said:
Dimmer is useful if you like to keep display brightness down (more than you can adjust in system settings) and save battery.
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hey fua, which dimmer exactly are you recommending?
is it this one: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.Dimmer

Trapster
if u dont want to get caught by a stupid camera!
YOU SHOULDNT BE SPEEDING!

Battery life question

Yes, I use my device a lot. That said, I wanted to post my running services to see how I can reduce the load. I am running Baked Snack 1.8 and am rooted with unrevoked. I use Touchdown for email/calendaring/contacts. I recently started using Juice Defender Beta and SetCPU (only screen off profile). I can literally watch my battery percentage drop. I have done the following:
unchecked always on data
unchecked google talk
sprint only for network
I noticed that there is a "running" tab under manage applications. Here is my list of running apps (and I even try to keep it trimmed down):
android system
beautiful widgets
calendar storage (I use Touchdown for calendar)
chompsms
com.android.providers.application
com.android.providers.users
com.htc.dcs.service.stock
com.htc.provider.settings
com.htc.socialnetwork.provider
com.smithmicro.DM
contacts storage
customization settings
customization setup
DCS utility component
dialer
dialer storage
download manager
DRM Protected content
EPST
Facebook for HTC Sense (i only use Tweetdeck)
fantasy '10
Flickr (dont use)
Friend Stream (dont use)
Gmail
Google Partner setup
Google Search
Google Services Framework
Google Voice
HTC checkin Service
HTC DM
HTC IQAgent
HTC Media Uploader
HTC Message Uploader
HTC Sense
HTC weather sync provider
HTC widget download manager
Juice Defender Beta
LauncherPro
Lockbot Free
Market
Media container service
Media Storage
Messages (I use ChompSMS)
Messenger
Music
My Uploads
No Lock
Open Sense Plugin Mgr
Package Installer
PC Syncronization (I dont synch anything via PC)
PDF viewer
Peep (dont use)
People (I sync via Touchdown)
People
Rosie Utility
SetCPU
Settings
Settings Storage
Slacker (never use)
Superuser
Swiftkey
Titanium Backup
Touchdown (Android 2.0)
Tweetdeck
Voice Dialer
Voicemail
Weather Provider
Holy S#!! this seems like alot of things running at once, no?

I am guessing its your touchdown, fantasy football, or lockbot causing the problems.
The following are required by the system.
Calander storage
messages (chomp requires this)
Facebook for HTC synchs your contact photos.
I would ditch the 3 apps at the top and see how it goes.
I can't comment on the rom, I run fresh 3.3.0.1

Lockbot is brand new and I have had the same issues since I installed that yesterday. I Touchdown is my email client and I cant use stock HTC app since exchange version is little older than needed. Thanks.

CM6 with Snap 7.6 problem solved..I cant tell you how much better my Battery life is since this combo.. I tryed everything else out there second best combo was the latest Fresh rom off the newest OTA update, CM6/Snap7.6 bests Fresh by alot from what I have seen. Since I changed I get home after a full day with 20-30% battery I used to NEED a bump (the phone not me) around late afternoon before no matter what.

link please?

Try turning off your Mobile Network when you don't need it - this will save a lot of juice.

Tweetdeck will KILL your battery before your eyes

Tyzing said:
Tweetdeck will KILL your battery before your eyes
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..unless you adjust the default settings which are crazy aggressive.
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Award Tour said:
..unless you adjust the default settings which are crazy aggressive.
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Explain...
Do you mean the intrival times? I've changed that too but still wont let my phone sleep and is always running in the background....literally causes my Juiceplotter go straight down

Tyzing said:
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Do you mean the intrival times? I've changed that too but still wont let my phone sleep and is always running in the background....literally causes my Juiceplotter go straight down
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Yeah, that's what I meant. It defaults to like 3-5 min pooling. Not sure why yours doesn't sleep, mine does.
I run CM6 Stable w/ Snap 7.5 and am getting 24+ hours easy with my (light-moderate) usual use.

WOW!!! Startup Cleaner. Now this is a very handy wee app! Link...

Now this is a handy wee app!
Check this out. Before installing this app get your hands on taskxp from the market (don't set it as your default launcher make your default what is already was). Reboot your device then click taskxp to check what apps have started (a lot!), also see the amount off free ram you have. But the app below actually works
Download the app from the link below. Disable user apps, and whatever system apps are starting (compare/check with taskxp). Reboot then check what apps have started, nice eh?
It took me just a couple of reboots to get it set up nice.
Note, stay away from installed apps all that does is uninstall.
Try it out post here what you think.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bright.startup2&feature=search_result
Enjoy
MJ-12

Android Assistant has more to offer i think..
Android Assistant

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Android Assistant has more to offer i think..
Android Assistant
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Nice app, but not really the same thing.
Startup Cleaner is simple and it does what it says on the tin. Personally I am not into task killers and that type of thing at all.
I just mentioned Taskxp so people can see what is happening on startup...
MJ-12

autostarts is anoher good one that seesm to work ok for me , you must be rooted though

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autostarts is anoher good one that seesm to work ok for me , you must be rooted though
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Autostarts is the business!! Have been using it since i got my SGS and still using on my SGS II - after wipe/new rom, it's the SECOND app i install after TB!!

I prefer Gemini App Manager, because there is not one, but different kind of autostarts with different triggers and each can be modified by the Gemini app (together with its task killer widget and it's ability to freeze apps (although I have Titanium Backup) it's nearly perfect)

Android Market 3.3.11

Recent article on Android Police concerning the newest version of the Android Market (as of 1/11/11).
Article Link: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...te-update-over-wi-fi-only-shortcuts-and-more/
Market_3.3.11.apk Download Link: http://lts.cr/BDW_
New Features (Taken from article):
-New setting: Auto-update apps (Sets all apps to auto-update mode, woohoo!)
-New setting: Update over Wi-Fi only
-New setting: Auto-add shortcuts (Automatically adds homescreen shortcuts for new apps, ala Honeycomb)
-Smaller font
-New app drawer icon
-Microphone (voice command) button in search menu
-Star rating chart on app pages
-Minor UI tweaks
New Features for me coming from 3.1.5 (Please tell me if any of these were present in 3.2.0, so I can add them to the few features list, or remove them from here entirely):
-In "My Apps" view, you can now sort apps by account
-When a new update is shown in the notification bar, it tells you which account it is from.
I installed by moving the .apk to my SD-Card and installing from Root Explorer as I would a regular app. I was using the Market version 3.1.5 previously. I'm not sure how it works if you are using a different Market version, although I assume it works in the same manner.
I can confirm that it works without a hitch on the Desire GSM running CM 7.1.0.

Yup, seems to work for me too. I just installed it how I do any other apk
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Works with Sense ROMs via normal install

love the auto all app update....good for us flashers

Works great on my Atrix. Able to install it just like any other apk file (unlike versions 3.1.6 and 3.2). Love the tweaked ui and the new options in settings that allows you to set all apps to auto update and to only update over wifi. Even the voice command button in the search bar is a nice touch. It seems to load quick and is more responsive than 3.1.5. I haven't had any issues with downloads hanging up like in 3.1.5 either.

works a lot faster than the last one too....

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love the auto all app update....good for us flashers
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Is indeed, particularly over Wifi.
Thanks OP for posting this.

Hi guys, i cant install this market version on my desire running on CM7.1? any thoughts on how to do it? thanks
- Already installed like the 3.2 version thru Root explorer...

Did you.not try to install it as a normal app?
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Thanks for this. Works fine when installed normally too in Sense roms.

Thanks.!
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Thanks! Installed via Root Explorer on InsertCoin 1.1.4, stable and fast.

It works pretty decent over wifi.
No problems what so ever.

Market app
Thanks very much, this works well on my phone. Copied it to SD card, installed like a normal app via ES File Explorer.Simple and works like a charm.(currently on Froyo 2.2)

Installed last night, works fine for me.

It is working well for everyone? I've had 3 FC

renabat said:
It is working well for everyone? I've had 3 FC
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Try clearing the cache and data for the market in manage apps. Some people have reported that to fix their FC problems.

Sometimes a chmod 777 /cache works too
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Try clearing the cache and data for the market in manage apps. Some people have reported that to fix their FC problems.
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thks...

I always like new things and new updates in general.. But every market 3.x its a ****, a real ****
It works good on wifi.. But I can't use it on mobile network.. Going back to 2.3.6 again
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MUST have Apps for Dinc2

I wanted to make a thread for some MUST haves for our phone.. Rooted or not (I am rooted of course). So feel free to list your favorites and must haves here!!
My list would be:
-ROM Toolbox
-Daemon Controller (download apk on a browser, i have 3.3beta i think)
-AppBrain Market & FastWeb Installer (essential for app backups!)
-MyBackup Pro (i didn't like titanium, this is easier for me)
-Zedge (gotta pimp my phone!)
-QuickPic (alternative to gallery, some nice features and layout)
-SmsAwake (if you dont have SMS awake settings on your ROM)
-Beautiful Widgets (if you're not running a sense ROM)
I don't play games on my phone really...

Tapatalk, plume, Reddit sync pro, currents, Google music, Google + , and apex pro
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Adfree android, es file explorer.
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AdFree, Incredicontrol, aDownloader, XDA, SD Booster, Pandora
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Jizzylax said:
Adfree android, es file explorer.
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What's the difference between ES file explorer and root explorer?

GB: Google music, pandora,ubermusic, reddit news, opera, 4ext recovery, titanium backup, orientation control, notifierpro plus, smart statusbar, cleartune, es file explorer, Go launcher
ICS: Apollo, Chrome for android, ICS Browser +, apex

I had to get rid of Pandora and BW the permissions are crazy stupid

-4ext Recovery
-Google Authenticator
-DroidWall
-ES File Explorer
-FolderSync
-PDroid
-ROM Toolbox
-Tasker
-INOVA TTS
-SwiftKey3
..for the most part, this is my 'must haves'. there are plenty others, but have a single purpose or limited use. such as:
-Better Battery Stats
-Camera Zoom FX
-Evernote
-Gentle Alarm
-G+
-mSecure
-My Cars
-OfficeSuite
-PlayerPro
-Shiprack
-Widget Locker

PatimusXPrime said:
What's the difference between ES file explorer and root explorer?
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Nothing just the UI. They both do the same thing ..though you may have to pay for root explorer
Linch89 said:
I had to get rid of Pandora and BW the permissions are crazy stupid
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Most custom roms have the ability to deny apps permissions. If you don't have the option on your current rom then try out:
Permission Denied- https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDMsImNvbS5zdGVyaWNzb24ucGVybWlzc2lvbnMiXQ..
I use this on ICS just to keep pandora and other apps at bay

-ROM Manager
-Titanium Backup
-UCam Ultra camera
-Terminal
-Quick Office Pro
-XDA
:good:

AdFree
Opera Mini/Chrome
GoSMS Pro
ES File Explorer
DSPManager
JuiceDefender
Tapatalk

LBE Privacy Guard - If there's any app you NEED to have, it's this one (or one similar)
Airdroid - If you work at a desk all day, this is a must have.
Yahoo Sportacular - a million times better than ESPN scorecenter
imo - best IM client
Regards

revile said:
LBE Privacy Guard - If there's any app you NEED to have, it's this one (or one similar)
Airdroid - If you work at a desk all day, this is a must have.
Yahoo Sportacular - a million times better than ESPN scorecenter
imo - best IM client
Regards
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You know, AirDroid looks sorta interesting, but for the life of me I can't get it to download. Regardless of what I do I get that annoying "unable to process purchase" error.....

gospodinwizard said:
You know, AirDroid looks sorta interesting, but for the life of me I can't get it to download. Regardless of what I do I get that annoying "unable to process purchase" error.....
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Have you tried clearing data/uninstalling updates for the play store under 'manage applications'?
Not sure if this will fix it. I've read in other places that flashing a different version of the market and letting it update again will fix the problem.

revile said:
LBE Privacy Guard - If there's any app you NEED to have, it's this one (or one similar)
Airdroid - If you work at a desk all day, this is a must have.
Yahoo Sportacular - a million times better than ESPN scorecenter
imo - best IM client
Regards
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Dude niiice! Lol i'm going to try those out. You are a classy man

Widgets
How about some of your favorite widgets? I have room on my homescreens and nothing comes to mind on what to fill it with!

UCCW-My new favorite Widget!
Root Explorer-I really prefer the interface to ES. Enough, I was willing to pay for it.
Camera360 Ultimate- Best camera app IMO.
Docs To Go-Best pdf/doc viewer I have found.
Dropbox-If you haven't gotten a Dropbox account yet, you need to click HERE.
Google Voice-Been using this since Beta for VM. Love it.
Google Music-As soon as I could, I jumped on this bandwagon.
Jump Desktop- awesome and easy remote desktop access.
Zumocast-Because Jump doesn't allow the same kind of file transfer (had to get a hacked version to work with DInc2).
MD5 Checker-Self explanitory if you're rooted
PdaNet-Wired and Wireless Tether in one app.
The Chive-Keep Calm and Chive On!
GotYa! Face Trap-If I lost my phone or it was stolen, I would be very glad to have this app on there.
XDA Premium of course.
revile said:
LBE Privacy Guard - If there's any app you NEED to have, it's this one (or one similar)
Airdroid - If you work at a desk all day, this is a must have.
Yahoo Sportacular - a million times better than ESPN scorecenter
imo - best IM client
Regards
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Just installed Airdroid and LBE, thanks!
BTW, you have my new favorite avatar!

If you are flashing between different ROMs a lot, then App2Zip is a great one! It just came out so it may/may not have some bugs, but it is available on the Play Store!

wideopen93 said:
If you are flashing between different ROMs a lot, then App2Zip is a great one! It just came out so it may/may not have some bugs, but it is available on the Play Store!
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Looks promising if it works! Lol now just to find a way to backup homescreen on ICS... MyBackup Pro doesn't do it, i think its an ICS problem..
What browsers do you guys use? I've been using Maxthon for a while but used to use Dolphin

goo.im - to keep on top of new ROM/gapps/kernel etc.
picFolio - ideal to transfer photos to your picasa online.
Notification Toggle - allows quick access to frequently used apps (shortcuts) from the notification dropdown.
taptu - if you're into news - very configurable.
Appy Geek - news for geeks.